Trisha Ashley Explained

Trisha Ashley is a British author of romantic fiction. She has written over 27 novels, many of them Sunday Times Bestsellers,[1] and has also published short stories and poetry. She was nominated for The Constable Trophy for Northern Writers[2] in the 1980s, the Melissa Nathan Award for Romantic Comedy in 2009[3] and 2010,[4] and the RoNA Award for Romantic Comedy Novel in 2018[5] and 2021.[6] In 2024, her novel The Wedding Dress Repair Shop won the RoNA Award for Popular Fiction.[7] In 2010 her novel Every Woman for Herself was voted one of The Three Best Romantic Novels of the Last 50 Years[8] [9] by the readers of Woman's Weekly in association with the Romantic Novelists Association (RNA).

Personal life

Ashley was born in St Helens, in the front room over her mother's shoe shop. She has had published poetry in the local newspaper before she reached her teens. Having failed her 11+, she attended Rivington Secondary School. Her secondary school English teacher, Miss White, encouraged her writing and arranged for her to learn to touch type, which proved increasingly invaluable over the years as her vision has steadily deteriorated.[10]

She later studied Architectural glass at Swansea School of Art.[11] [12] Before turning to writing full time, she held a wide variety of part-time jobs, including working for a lead light maker and as a plumber. Ashley is divorced, with one son, and now lives in North Wales.

Writing

Ashley's early novels were domestic satires, with a brief diversion into historical romance. When one of her satires (My Place in the Country, later re-written as Good Husband Material 2000) was shortlisted for The Constable Trophy for Northern Writers in the 1980s, she began, with the encouragement of her agent, Judith Murdoch, to move towards romantic comedy. Ashley has had over 20 novels published in this genre, many of them Sunday Times Bestsellers.[13] Her first major success was with Twelve Days of Christmas (2010). Her novels have been translated into many languages including Italian, Portuguese, German and Russian. Her latest novel is The Wedding Dress Repair Shop (2023).

Bibliography

Novels

Short Stories

Anthologies

Awards

The Trisha Ashley Award

The Trisha Ashley Award[15] (TAA) was set up to encourage new writers and is an annual prize for a short story, in conjunction with Creative Writing Matters.[16] It was awarded from 2017 to 2022.

TAA Winning Authors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trisha Ashley Books in Order (Complete Series List) . 10 February 2024 . www.booksradar.com.
  2. Web site: Smith . Will . 11 December 2022 . 'Has Anybody Heard of it?!!!': The Constable Trophy for Northern Writers and its Prize Environment . 10 February 2024 . Research Gate.
  3. Web site: Harrington . Nina . 12 June 2009 . Farahad Zama wins Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance 2009 . 10 February 2024 . Nina Harrington . en-GB.
  4. Web site: Debut takes Melissa Nathan prize . 10 February 2024 . The Bookseller . En.
  5. Web site: The Rona Shortlists For 2018 Are Announced . 10 February 2024 . Romantic Novelists' Association . en.
  6. Web site: 1 February 2021 . The RNA announces the category shortlists for the 2021 Romantic Novel of the Year Awards . 10 February 2024 . Writers Online.
  7. Web site: RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Awards 2024: Winners Announced . 21 May 2024 . Romantic Novelists' Association . en.
  8. Web site: 19 September 2010 . 02 The Best Romantic Novel Of Modern Times . 10 February 2024 . UVPress – blog & class environment . en-US.
  9. News: Flood . Alison . 16 September 2010 . Surely there's better romantic writing than this? . 10 February 2024 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  10. Web site: Adam . Nicola . 6 August 2020 . 10 questions with Trisha Ashley: 'I wrote myself out of poverty' says Sunday Times top five bestselling author . 10 February 2024 . Nicola Kristine Adam . en-US.
  11. Web site: Ashley, Trisha Encyclopedia.com . 10 February 2024 . www.encyclopedia.com.
  12. Web site: Trisha Ashley: books, biography, latest update . 10 February 2024 . Amazon.co.uk . en-gb.
  13. Web site: Trishaworld Books Main . 10 February 2024 . trishaworld . en.
  14. Web site: Women Aloud – an audiobook of short stories for charity . 10 February 2024 . en-US.
  15. Web site: Competitions . 10 February 2024 . CREATIVE WRITING MATTERS . en.
  16. Web site: CreativeWritingMatters Home . 10 February 2024 . CREATIVE WRITING MATTERS . en.
  17. Web site: 2017 Exeter Story Prize and Trisha Ashley Award . 10 February 2024 . CREATIVE WRITING MATTERS . en.
  18. Web site: 2018 Exeter Story Prize and Trisha Ashley Award . 10 February 2024 . CREATIVE WRITING MATTERS . en.
  19. Web site: 2019 Exeter Story Prize and Trisha Ashley Award . 10 February 2024 . CREATIVE WRITING MATTERS . en.
  20. Web site: 2020 Exeter Story Prize . 10 February 2024 . CREATIVE WRITING MATTERS . en.
  21. Web site: 2021 Exeter Story Prize and Trisha Ashley Award . 10 February 2024 . CREATIVE WRITING MATTERS . en.
  22. Web site: 2022 Exeter Story Prize & Trisha Ashley Award . 10 February 2024 . CREATIVE WRITING MATTERS . en.

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